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E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/44026201 Title: Communicative action and rational choice Author: Joseph Heath Publisher: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2001. ISBN/ISSN: 0262082918 9780262082914 OCLC:44026201

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Communicative action and rational choice

Author:	Joseph Heath
Publisher:	Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2001.
Series:	Studies in contemporary German social thought
Edition/Format:	Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
Summary:	"In this book Joseph Heath brings Jurgen Habermas's theory of communicative action into dialogue with the most sophisticated articulation of the instrumental conception of practical rationality - modern rational choice theory. Heath begins with an overview of Habermas's action theory and his critique of decision and game theory. He then offers an alternative to Habermas's use of speech act theory to explain social Read more...
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Named Person:	Jürgen Habermas; Jürgen Habermas
Document Type:	Book
All Authors / Contributors:	Joseph Heath Find more information about:
ISBN:	0262082918 9780262082914
OCLC Number:	44026201
Description:	xii, 363 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Series Title:	Studies in contemporary German social thought
Responsibility:	Joseph Heath.

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"In this book Joseph Heath brings Jurgen Habermas's theory of communicative action into dialogue with the most sophisticated articulation of the instrumental conception of practical rationality - modern rational choice theory. Heath begins with an overview of Habermas's action theory and his critique of decision and game theory. He then offers an alternative to Habermas's use of speech act theory to explain social order and outlines a multidimensional theory of rational action that includes norm-governed action as a specific type." "In the second part of the book Heath discusses the more philosophical dimension of Habermas's conception of practical rationality. He criticizes Habermas's attempt to introduce a universalization principle governing moral discourse, as well as his criteria for distinguishing between moral and ethical problems. Heath offers an alternative account of the level of convergence exhibited by moral argumentation, drawing on game-theoretic models to specify the burden of proof that the theory of communicative action and discourse must assume."--BOOK JACKET.

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